James Mathison bids farewell

The matriarch of the famous beauty empire is selling her long-held home with hopes of more than $6.5m.

Judit Korner, of the Madame Korner beauty empire, is downsizing from her long-held Double Bay home, listing it with hopes of more than $6.5 million. The Bay Street residence has been Korner's home since her 1969 marriage to the late George Korner, who had lived there since 1964 when it last traded for £22,000.

Now with her own children having left home and in one case living overseas, Korner has listed it with Michael Dunn and Robynne Arnouts, of Richardson & Wrench Double Bay.

Lifetime of memories: Judit Korner's home at Double Bay, where she has lived since 1969.

The five-bedroom home with a north-facing terrace and a mix of formal and informal living areas is set on a level 765 square metres opposite Steyne Park and with dual street access. The auction is set for June 25.

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Clan outgrows Bondi

Channel 10 presenter James Mathison and his wife Carlie were celebrating earlier this week following the sale of their Bondi apartment.

Wake-up call: TV host James Mathison, pictured with co-host Natarsha Belling, has sold his Bondi apartment as he prepares to become a dad again. Photo: Supplied

Despite him losing his gig as co-host of the Wake Up breakfast show as part of management's programming cuts, an upbeat Mathison happily divulged to Title Deeds that the sale wasn't their only good news. The couple are expecting a sibling for their daughter Luca.

Hence the sale of their garden apartment, which they bought in 2012 for $1.06 million. It was passed in at $1.11 million on Monday night, and sold on Wednesday through Clay Brodie and Tom Nicholson, of Ray White Woollahra.

Ready, Eddy, go

Watsons Bay beachfront semis, listed by Peter Bond.

The sign has come down on the Bellevue Hill property of Indonesian media mogul Eddy Sariaatmadja and his wife Sofie.

The owner of Indonesia's second largest media group Emtek bought the Ginahgulla Road property in 2009 for $14.5 million, but listed it after his rooftop terrace plans were knocked back by Woollahra Council.

Brad Pillinger and Ray White Double Bay's Elliott Placks were keeping schtum, but other sources insist the sale is a done deal and came in at closer to $16 million than the $15 million-plus guide. And now somewhat fortuitously, the Land and Environment Court has given the go-ahead for the controversial rooftop terrace to be built after all.

Prestige: Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch's beachfront home at Bronte is on the market again.

The chief executive of Linc Energy bought the adjoining two-bedroom properties with DA-approved plans for one residence from thoroughbred horse breeder Jocelyn May. James Dack of McGrath Estate Agents is now taking them to auction on June 21 with hopes of recouping his purchase price. Another asset being off-loaded by the same ISNY company, of which Bond is sole director, is his landmark Victorian Italianate building and clock tower in Redfern.

Aristrocrat: This Woollahra apartment at Wallaroy Crescent has a fascinating history involving a Russian prince.

The former post office was bought for $2.125 million in 2011 from celebrity agent Max Markson, and is also being sold by Dack for more than $2 million.

Bronte market fires up

The big news from Bronte's prized oceanfront reserve isn't just that media tycoon Lachlan Murdoch and his model wife Sarah have relisted their three-storey residence. It's that the smaller house two doors away of former Olympic swimmer Rob Woodhouse and his lawyer wife Holly has sold for more than $6 million.

Hunters Hill, for sale: $6.5 million +

McGrath's Bethwyn Richards declined to confirm the result, but records show it has been transferred into the name of banker Adam Freeman and Gabrielle Schneider.

For those who missed Domain's story on Monday, the Murdochs are making more of the stronger prestige market to sell their glamorous former home which has long been on and off the market with expectations of more than $10 million. Ken Jacobs has the listing.

Lend lease mover

In Hunters Hill, the historic home of former first-class cricketer and Lend Lease senior executive Denis Hickey and his wife Lisa is for sale for upwards of $6.5 million following Denis's relocation to the United States to take up the role as chief operating officer, Americas.

The couple bought the 1066-square-metre residence in 2006 for $5.12 million from yachtie and multimillionaire businessman Stephen Ainsworth and his wife Nanette. Since renovated extensively, the large family home has five living areas, six bedrooms, a swimming pool, double garage and north-facing water views. McGrath's Tracey Dixon is taking expressions of interest.

The prince of Woollahra

Russian royalty don't often feature on Title Deeds, for a few obvious reasons. Until now. The late Michael Romanoff, a former Prince of Russia, lived fairly humbly in a charming Woollahra apartment compared with his childhood growing up on the grounds of Windsor Castle. Having come to Australia during World War II as an aircraft mechanic, he stayed, later buying a top-floor apartment in a 1920s block of six on Wallaroy Crescent for $57,000 in 1983. A decade later Romanoff married Giulia Crespi, who has now moved to London.